The Bermuda Government and Near AI, an artificial intelligence research, engineering and product development firm, have partnered to deploy secure AI across Bermuda’s public sector services.

David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance, revealed the collaboration with the San Francisco-headquartered company at the Salt Bermuda Digital Finance Forum 2026.

“This partnership with Near AI puts secure AI in the hands of public servants,” Mr Burt said. “We chose Near AI because their infrastructure protects citizen data at the architectural level. This is what responsible AI adoption looks like. We intend to explore Near AI’s robust capabilities across our public sector infrastructure.”

The partnership will focus on applying secure AI to improve government operations and the delivery of citizen-facing services.

Near AI will provide the inference infrastructure, with models running on Near AI Cloud’s confidential computing environment.

“When a public servant submits their personal data to an AI system, even the infrastructure provider should not be able to see that data,” Near AI said. “Confidentiality should be built into the very architecture of AI systems that handle sensitive information.”

Illia Polosukhin, cofounder of Near and chief executive of Near AI, said: “Bermuda is setting the proper standard for governments’ use of AI for handling citizens’ data.”